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URGENT! Lost Keys on vacation need help

5K views 17 replies 13 participants last post by  kironsmith 
#1 ·
I'm in Corolla, NC and am stranded
 
#2 ·
You need to find a Chevy dealership that has Saturday hours for their service department. They should be able to cut you a key by using your VIN number.
Good Luck. (next time make sure you have your second key with you.)
I never go on a trip anywhere without my spare.

Jimbo
 
#3 ·
If having check the original new owners paper work as there would have been a paper that told what the key code was.

If not having that use a Ohm meter and put probes to each side of the ign key pellet
See what the Ohms reading is and then match that to the code # of chart and any locksmith that sells blank GM keys could then come to car and make a key

Write down that code so next time it is known

Code:
Pellet Code 	Key Resistance Ohms
	Nominal 	Low 	High
1 	-   402 	386 	438
2 	-   523 	502 	564
3 	-   681 	654 	728
4 	-   887 	852 	942
5 	-  1130 	1085 	1195
6 	-  1470 	1411 	1549
7 	-  1870 	1795 	1965
8 	-  2370 	2275 	2485
9 	-  3010 	2890 	3150
10 	-  3740 	3590 	3910
11 	-  4750 	4560 	4960
12 	-  6040 	5798 	6302
13 	-  7500 	7200 	7820
14 	-  9530 	9149 	9931
15 	- 11800 	11328 	12292
 
#4 ·
Jim Lembo,

Thanks,

Car is at dealer awaiting part (key) or my second key (Fedex), whichever arrives first. More later...

Cheers,
 
#5 · (Edited)
The dealer did not have the right key blank. Luckily, I keep my spare at my girlfriend's house and her daughter who lives nearby fedex'd my spare to the dealership. It arrived Monday at noon and off I went. The story is actually much longer, but I won't bore you.

I'm goping to have two extra keys and fobs made.

Where can I carry a second key when travelling? In the car won't work...

Cheers,
 
#9 ·
I know this is too little too late, but our local Ace Hardware has chip key blanks available. I usually carry my spare key in my pocket.

Jimbo
 
#6 ·
Glad it all worked out for you. I had a conbination lock keyholder once that had a super strong magnet on the backside. I quit using it when I got the C6Z because of the aluminum frame but I aways worry about losing the FOB. I'm sure you can find them with a Google search.
 
#7 ·
Find some inconspicuous place under the car and wire one on.
 
#8 ·
Phillips screwdriver...remove a tail light lens.. there is enough room for a case of beer in there....wire in a key....also fob if ya wanna in a vacuum sealed food bag...tho the key is all ya really need...stash the fob in the trunk somewhere
 
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